Fighting terrorism in the liberal state [[electronic resource] ] : an integrated model of research, intelligence and international law / / edited by Samuel Peleg and Wilhelm Kempf

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451031203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2006
• ISBN: 6610505292; 1-280-50529-X; 9786610505296; 1-4237-9748-5; 1-60750-167-8; 600-00-0426-5; 1-60129-146-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Collana: NATO security through science series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics, , 1574-5597 ; ; v. 9
• Altri autori (Persone): KempfWilhelm F; PelegSamuel
• Disciplina: 363.325/17
• Soggetti: Civil rights; Human rights; National security; Security, International; Terrorism - Government policy; Terrorism - Prevention; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Fighting Terrorism in the Liberal State: an Integrated Model of Research, Intelligence and International Law, Konstanz, Germany, 15-16 April 2005"--T.p. verso.; "Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division."; "This publication is supported by: The NATO Programme for Security through Science"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Introduction: Terrorism and the Open Society - A Question ; of Balance; Contents; Contemporary Modern Terrorism: Actors, Motivations, Countermeasures; The Double Fear: Who Is Afraid of Whom?; September 11 and the Need for a Social Science Research Agenda; Reconceptualizing Political Terrorism: A Collective Action Perspective for Analyzing the Tanzim; Experiencing Terrorism in Spain: The Case of ETA; Combating Terrorism Through International Law; Violence and Terrorism: The Sense and Its Names; Fighting Terrorism by Tightening Laws: A Tightrope Walk Between Protecting Security and Losing LibertyPeer Networks of Collaborating Intelligent Software Agents: Modular Infrastructure for Adaptive Distributed Intelligent Systems; The Impact of the Human Aspects in Designing Collaborative Information Technology Systems; A Practitioner's Thoughts About Terrorism; The Role of Business in the UK Policing Counter-Terrorist Effort; An Analytical Model of Anti-Terror Cross-Border Cooperation; Terrorism: Myth Conceptions and Conceptual Inadequacies; The War Against State Terrorism: Reframing the Debate on Global TerrorismUnderstanding Suicide Terrorism: Countering Human Bombs and Their Senders; The World After 9/11: New Actors, New Game; Subject Index; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Contains papers that illustrate the balanced dichotomy between terrorism and counter-terrorism against the background of the liberal state. How to establish the equilibrium of combating terrorism while preserving the liberties of the open society? This book begins with this question and tackles different aspects and dimensions of this dilemma.